@GottaLaff“On Mon scores of NIH scientists at agency sent their #Trump-appointed leader letter titled the Bethesda Declaration, frontal challenge to “policies that undermine NIH mission, waste pub resources, & harm health of Americans & people across globe”
It says: “We dissent.”
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NIH scientists publish declara...
NIH scientists publish declara...
NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” Monday’s letter from NIH researchers and staffers says the Republican Trump administration’s policies waste public resources and harm people’s health. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his confirmation hearings pledged openness to views that might conflict with his, saying dissent is the “essence of science.” The NIH employees’ letter says, “We dissent.” Bhattacharya says ”respectful dissent in science is productive.” The White House says it’s ”restoring the Gold Standard of Science” for federal research instead of pursuing “ideological activism.”
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